The Ballad of Mack the Knife

Song from «The Threepenny Opera»
Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht

And the shark, he has teeth
And he wears them in his face
And Macheath, he has a knife
But the knife one doesnt see
On a beautiful blue Sunday
Lies a dead man on the Strand
And a man goes around the corner
Whom they call Mack the Knife
And Schmul Meier stays missing
As do some rich man
And his money has Mack the Knife,
On whom they cant pin anything.
Jenny Towler was found
With a knife in her chest
And on the wharf walks Mack the Knife,
Who knows nothing about all this.
And the big fire in Soho
Seven children and an old man
In the crowd was Mackie Messer
Who one doesnt ask and who knows nothing.
And the minor-aged widow,
Whose name everyone knows,
Woke up and was violated
Mack, what was your price?
Refrain.
And some are in the darkness
And the others in the light
But you only see those in the light
Those in the darkness you dont see
But you only see those in the light
Those in the darkness you dont see
1928